need to gain weight

need to gain weight

My weight has gone from 140 lb to 108lb. since I was diagnosed 7 years ago. I have never eaten much and now I'm afraid to. I'm still educating myself (all the carb stuff is still confusing). My diabetes educator was no help. She thought my weight "was in the normal range." I literally look like a cancer victim. I need to gain weight w/o raising my blood glucose. Scared to exercise for fear of losing more weight. Don't take insulin and test 2x a day. A1c was 6.5 a year ago and BG is normal in the morning but rises after a small meal to 150 to 180, sometimes 200. Can't afford testing supplies and don't have Medicare. Any suggestions or web sites. I live in a small town and there are no endocrinologist and I am about as knowledgable as my doctor.

My dietician's advice was to focus on protein and not be too worried about eating more fat if that comes with it. Eggs and cheese and lean meats, along with plenty of the least starchy vegetables. I think others will have lots of suggestions as well.

IF you're looking to gain weight then the best way to do it is to eat more. Unfortunately if you reduce carbs and increase fat and protein you may actually lose weight, that's how diets like Atkins work, by inducing ketosis. So you may need to increase your carb intake, but mostly your fat and protein intake.

I am D2 and I also lost weight . It seems to me that many Diabetics loose weight.I went from 123 lbs to 116 lbs and I'm not happy about that.I was always right on the button 123 lbs and as soon as I began counting carbs the weight came off. At least I maintained 116 lbs and with the help of peanut butter I recently managed to gain a lb, so now at 117. I do think that it was good that I didn't continue to loose weight.